Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is situated between Earth and the asteroid belt. It has a radius of 2,106 miles and is about half the size of Earth, according to NASA. Mars is 1.5 ...

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to ...

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, is gearing up for one of its most daring missions yet: sending its Starship rocket to Mars as early ...

which is less than half the size Mars appeared to us in mid-January when it was closest to Earth at 59.5 million mi (95.7 million km) away. In contrast, by April 30, Mars will have receded to a ...

A hypothetical picture of Mars 3.6 billion years ago, when an ocean may have covered nearly half the planet ... to the angle of beach deposits on Earth. Deposits of this thickness on Earth ...

A hypothetical picture of Mars 3.6 billion years ago, when an ocean may have covered nearly half the planet. The blue areas show ... Berkeley professor of Earth and planetary science and co-author of ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

The fuel withstood 4,220°F and six brutal heat cycles, proving its durability for space travel. 'Gaia’s cosmic surprise': Giant planet found where it shouldn’t exist 'Galactic Icebergs': NASA ...